Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Darren Lewis

Hope for Ukraine's Black refugees 'blocked from fleeing' as lawyers take case to UN

The human rights lawyers who represented George Floyd will lobby the United Nations to address the racist treatment of Black refugees at Ukraine ’s borders.

Jasmine Rand and Ben Crump led a virtual news conference to reveal a coalition will fight for the rights of hundreds of men, women and children denied the chance to flee the killing - some at gunpoint - by border guards.

It includes Jamaican MP G. Anthony Hylton, solicitor Jacqueline McKenzie, Peter Herbert, one of the Uk’s first black judges and Carlos More, President of the National Bar Association in the US.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.